Nonstop flight route between Buckland, Alaska, United States and Yola, Nigeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Buckland Airport (BKC), Buckland, Alaska, United States and Yola Airport (YOL), Yola, Nigeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,228 miles (or 11,632 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Buckland Airport and Yola Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Buckland Airport and Yola Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKC / PABL |
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Location: | Buckland, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°58'54"N by 161°8'57"W |
Area Served: | Buckland, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKC |
More Information: | BKC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOL / DNYO |
Airport Name: | Yola Airport |
Location: | Yola, Nigeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°15'27"N by 12°25'49"E |
Area Served: | Yola, Nigeria |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 599 feet (183 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YOL |
More Information: | YOL Maps & Info |
Facts about Buckland Airport (BKC):
- Buckland Airport (BKC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Buckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Buckland Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Buckland Airport (BKC) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,225 miles (16,455 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Buckland Airport", another name for BKC is "BVK".
- The closest airport to Buckland Airport (BKC) is Granite Mountain Air Station (GMT), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) S of BKC.
Facts about Yola Airport (YOL):
- The closest airport to Yola Airport (YOL) is Garoua International Airport (GOU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) E of YOL.
- Because of Yola Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Yola Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Yola Airport (YOL) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Yola Airport (meaning Yola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
- Yola Airport handled 108,677 passengers last year.
- Yola Airport (YOL) currently has only 1 runway.